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Originally Posted by MyTurn2Raise
I don't think you understand bowl tie-ins
MT2R,
You maybe right. Unfortunately, since ND is an independent and has no conference affiliation, I know there are a lot of exceptions for them. I was using the Capital One bowl as a point of reference. AKA a New Year's Day Bowl that is of higher caliber than the Hawaii Bowl but, not a BCS bowl to make my point. However, you could very well be right and the Capital One bowl may not be able to pick ND because of contractual obligations to other conferences. However, I know there are a number of upper mid-tier bowl games that do have the option to invite ND on occasion.
I am sticking to my guns and have very big doubts about ND being invited to the BCS this year. The weak SOS on paper, probable USC loss, and 1/2 other "bad" loss(es) should keep them out of BCS contention. Those are my projections. What do you think?